Distance from Guangzhou to Istanbul
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Istanbul, Türkiye is 7,888 km (4,901 mi · 4,259 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,888 km · 4,901 mi · 4,259 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Istanbul
- 307° (NW)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Guangzhou
- 76° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 306 min — the sun rises earlier in Guangzhou
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 UTC
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.